Unconventional Stories

In the not so distant future, the power we need could very well be provided by floating solar power plants that are offshore. Wind farms have become very popular in recent years and now experts are looking at ways to create sustainable energy without having to develop land. The solution: ...

Scientists have long debated whether or not our universe is real or is just a simulation that’s being projected to us by some species of superior intellect. Most scientists, of course, go with the former; the universe is real and we’re just an ant in the ever-growing and virtually infinite ...

Make no exception: tigers are endangered and their numbers have been dwindling in recent decades. But, in lieu of all the bad news surrounding this magnificent creature, at least there is some good news for a change. Conservation groups say that the count of wild tigers is up. The tally, ...

Not to dash the selfie – which should have never been made a real word – just to dash the idiocy of some people who take selfies. Case in point: Yellowstone National Park has hosted its population of bison for eons. In the modern era, since smartphones and social media ...

When you are in Italy… you eat ____ (fill in the blank). So you eat…. fried cow brains? Wait a tic, that can’t be right. Oh wait, it totally is! In a minor reform for the art capital, Italy has mandated that the food vendors serve up more produce, and ...

There are not really any environmentally safe forms of plastic out there. But a plastic type that’s called PET is considered the most toxic and nefarious because it really doesn’t break down. Unfortunately, this plastic fills our landfills, where it would be destined to sit for hundreds of years were ...

Remember the movie Cyborg? Well things are looking like they may get a little creepy and real to the tune of that movie. According to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the US Military, they’re working on a brain implant that would help give our soldiers the cyborg ...

Saint Patrick’s Day is just around the corner. On March 17th, a ton of people will celebrate by tipping one down the hatch for good ole Patty. Before you decide to go green and welcome a hangover with open arms, however, these following Saint Patrick’s Day facts can make you ...

The U.S. Department of Defense wants to get hacked. For real and not for real, so they explain. It’s part of the department’s progressive efforts to help improve its defense against hackers in the real world. To do so, they will be challenging top cyber security firms to break in. ...

Honeybees are dying out at an unprecedented pace, with experts warning that if drastic measures are not taken, they could well be extinct in the next 50 years. Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is still an unsolved mystery that’s gotten so out of control that the federal government is studying ways ...